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Killer noise-cancelling headset designed
for NYSE trading-floor
Killer noise-cancelling headset designed
for NYSE trading-floor
04/28/2004 04:00 PM
The Boom is a noise-reducing headset designed for use on the NYSE
trading floor that is said to be capable of delivering comprehensible
speech even in the noisiest of environments. I'm ditching my landline
this month in favour of a VoIP soft-phone on my PowerBook, so it's
serendipity that I came across this headset today.
Link
(
via Cool
Tools)
Sony MDR-NC20 Noise Cancelling
Headphones
Sony MDR-NC20 Noise Cancelling
Headphones
12/18/2003 03:27 AM A few weeks ago, on the way back from India, Rasmus let me use his
noise cancelling headphones for an hour or so on one of the flights.
Even though I understand the science behind how they worked (it's
really not that complicated), I'd always doubted how effective they
could really be. I was happily impressed. The headphones worked
surprisingly well. I'd say the blocked out a good 70% of the
consistent background noise, namely the engines. And that...
To Quiet a Whirring Computer, Fight
Noise With Noise
To Quiet a Whirring Computer, Fight
Noise With Noise
05/26/2004 09:23 PMThe constant drone of a computer cooling fan can be annoying. But tiny
microphones and loudspeakers point the way toward quieter computers.
RIAA's noise-spoofs turned into
noise-rock
RIAA's noise-spoofs turned into
noise-rock
04/26/2004 10:07 AMClaire Chanel, the person behind the Jay-Z Construction Set, has
decided to net.judo-ify the RIAA's spoof tracks, random noise
disguised as top-40 singles which it promulgates on the P2P netowrks.
As a follow-up to our last project, the Jay-Z Construction Set, Scary
Sherman and I decided to take a fair & balanced route by
highlighting one of the positive moves made recently by music industry
leaders.
The RIAA-Mix Vol.1 is a compilation of the hottest underground remixes
of top40 hit tracks produced by the upcoming talent at Overpeer.
These homages to 20th century noise artists and avant composers pull a
frightening bait and switch on listeners veering wildly from
recognizable pop hooks to jarring digital distortion.
Available at riaamix.com as downloadable mp3s, streaming flash audio,
or on a compact disc, we're hoping our compilation can help support
the arrival of challenging new music to mainstream exposure.
LinkMotorola May Be Cancelling the MPx100
Motorola May Be Cancelling the MPx100
07/15/2004 08:31 PMbargainPDA.com Jul 15 2004 11:02PM GMT
The Noise Machine
The Noise Machine
09/06/2004 03:43 AM
The Republican propaganda mill, a brief history It's bigger
than Bush vs. Kerry. It's about billionaire funded thinktanks (
AEI,
Heritage) paying
columnists to sit around and make
stuff up or legitimize crackpot theories (
blacks are
genetically stupid,
japanese internment was okay).
Furthermore its about
radio,
internet,
blogs,
tv news and
publishing houses working in
concert to pummel
memes onto the
American public. When this stuff
infects your
culture and is no longer the domain of the loons but now as
mainstream as apple pie and Wal-Mart, what do you do?
Noise Pop mix tapes
Noise Pop mix tapes
05/10/2004 10:17 AMNoise Pop, San Francisco's gem of an indy music festival, and KQED are
streaming various underground musicians' playlists-du-jour. The latest
selections come from Greg Ashley, a Bay Area psych-folk artist whose
exquisite taste ranges from Leonard Cohen to Os Mutantes.
Link
(Thanks, Birdman!)
No Noise PC Reviewed
No Noise PC Reviewed
08/14/2004 11:49 AMRandom Noise
Random Noise
12/31/2004 01:24 AMSonicMood might not be everyone's cup of tea, but surely I can't be
the only person in the world who occasionally wants this sort of sound
to emanate from the computer, and in any case it has certainly been
helpful to me in my work. By Matt Neuburg, TidBITS
"A Response to the Noise"
"A Response to the Noise"
04/01/2005 10:26 PMSilence and Noise
Silence and Noise
08/12/2004 12:57 PMGaraging the road show gave me time to consider what was worth talking
about. The mainstreaming of web standards should have freed us to
focus on content, design, and usability -- but arguments about minutia
prevent us from seeing our work whole.
Noise Synthesizer
Noise Synthesizer
11/03/2003 03:39 PMProject creation
The rest is noise
The rest is noise
07/05/2004 10:45 PM
The Rest is Noise :
New Yorker music critic Alex Ross' blog.
Also:
A C
Douglas.
Jessica Duchen.
Greg Sandow.
Michael Brooke.
The Rambler.
Noise Control
Noise Control
06/22/2005 02:59 AM
Incidents like the one Dan
Gillmor points to reminds me that I need to put more thought
into noise control.
Let see...
One idea is cookie sharing combined with cookie persistence. Cookie
persistence works
by allow people to download and save their cookies so they can
restore valuable cookies
after cookie wipeout or if they change machines. Cookie sharing is
one cookie holder
giving part of the rating they earned to another. It's like giving
some of your voice
to another person whose opinions you agree with or appreciate.
A lot of room for creativity in this area.
Update:
Flip-side of the Cookie sharing is mutual destruction which
requires giving up part
of your rating to degrade another person's rating. I am still
clueless as to whether
such small set of rules will lead to a stable world instead of
something that will
blow up. Still, I enjoy working with combining simple rules to
build complex systems,
probably because of my physics background.
Another thought I had was that, for systems like Wikipedia,
unbiased views are sometimes
either not possible or premature. In such cases, I think the right
thing to od is
to record multiple biased/opposing views to capture the conflict in
its raw form instead.

Fear the Noise
Fear the Noise
06/17/2005 04:53 PM Steve Rubel points to the noise on blogging from a UPS marketing
executive: ...What concerns me about blogs is the signal to noise
ratio -- do we really need all these niche, special-interest blogs, or
will it become increasingly...
Other News: Big Noise Music
Other News: Big Noise Music
05/25/2004 10:09 AMOxfam prepares to launch Big Noise Music, a download service that will
contribute to Oxfam's aid programs.
Keep It Down! Euro Noise Assault
Keep It Down! Euro Noise Assault
12/08/2003 05:50 AMA new European program is mounting a fight against noise pollution.
The first step is to map noise levels in cities in 25 nations,
followed by plans to dampen the din and quiet public grumbling about
the non-stop rumble.
- Fast but not noise-free
- Fast but not noise-free
05/18/2004 10:36 PMComputer Times Asia May 19 2004 2:47AM GMT
Apple Makes Noise
Apple Makes Noise
04/09/2004 04:09 PMMusic store and iPods help boost stock, but how long will it last? By
Mike Musgrove, Washington Post (via MyAppleMenu)
Make a Not-So-Joyful Noise
Make a Not-So-Joyful Noise
03/06/2004 01:56 AMTroops get high-tech noisemaker : I need this to fend off my
cat.
Dubbed "The Sound of Force Protection" in a company
brochure, the devices can broadcast sound files containing warning
messages. Or they can be used with electronic translating devices for
what amounts to "narrowcasting."
If crowds or potential foes don't respond to the verbal messages,
the sonic weapon, which measures 33 inches in diameter, can direct a
high-pitched, piercing tone with a tight beam. Neither the LRAD's
operators or others in the immediate area are
affected.
If it can broadcast the soundtrack to my daughter's Barney video,
then it may exceed its non-lethal status.
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Robots that Hear Through Noise
Robots that Hear Through Noise
06/24/2005 09:05 PMRoland Piquepaille writes,
"The Japanese Humanoid Robotics Project
has produced the HRP-2 robot,
which is known for dancing and preserving
Japanese culture. But now, the HRP-2, which is about 1.6 meter high
and
weighs about 60 kilograms, can hear humans and understand them with
its
sophisticated software and hearing equipment. It uses an array of
microphones consisting of eight omnidirectional microphones mounted
around the robot's head. Stable speech
recognition is obtained by combining information from the microphone
array and a camera also mounted on its head, and by isolating and
eliminating noises, even from your TV. These hearing capabilities are
essential "for helping humans to communicate with robots in real
environments by 2025." For more details and photos see Roland's
blog. Also,
see our previous story on the HRP-2 robot's dancing
abilities.
Keep Out The Noise, Stay Sane
Keep Out The Noise, Stay Sane
12/08/2003 12:58 PMNoise pollution is a topic that you don't hear all that much about.
However, over in Europe they've decided it's time to start tracking
information on noisy urban areas, and soon, there will be
noise pollution maps of most major urban areas in Europe.
Some of them are already up on the web (here's
Paris and
London).
The World Health Organization is worried that too many people are
suffering from living under conditions with too much noise - and many
don't realize the damage they're doing to their ears. They even claim
that being subject to such noise constantly can "contribute to
hypertension and heart disease, and may impair mental health." That's
right. Your sanity may depend on how quiet your surroundings are.
Now, the question is how to quiet the noise down. Not everyone
agrees, but having the maps to indicate where the problem areas are
could certainly help. Some people are talking about adjusting traffic
patterns to try to help with the noise, but a more reasonable solution
might be focusing on adding soundproofing to noisy areas where people
live or work.
Grokker Makes Some Noise
Grokker Makes Some Noise
01/07/2004 02:50 PMAn engine we first talked about last summer has received some recent
press.
Digital Cameras and their noise
Digital Cameras and their noise
11/02/2003 06:32 PM This excellent overview of
pixel noise in digital images also offers up some plugins to help
make your photos look better and print cleaner. I'd noticed the
effects and noise in much of my digital photos, but had no idea how to
remove it -- until now.
Visual Noise Reduction
Visual Noise Reduction
06/26/2002 01:02 PMIf it were possible, I would reduce every page down to the content,
1-3 direct links to related content, and one link back to root for a
maximum of 5 links on a page. Unfortunatly, pages like that rarely
work in the real world.
Fast but not noise-free
Fast but not noise-free
06/01/2004 09:47 PMComputer Times Asia Jun 2 2004 2:31AM GMT
"Rondayview: Da Funk and Da Noise"
"Rondayview: Da Funk and Da Noise"
11/05/2003 04:10 AMNintendo DS Leaks UHF Noise
Nintendo DS Leaks UHF Noise
12/22/2004 01:36 AM
Nintendo's
new DS handheld gaming system (which I've been told is pretty much out
of stock everywhere, although Nintendo is supposed to drop another
shipment on the 22nd) apparently dumps out video noise that can be
picked up by some older, presumably unshielded televisions. That
probably wouldn't necessitate an entire post, but Jim Younkin busted
out his old Sony Watchman to test it, which is one of my favorite
gadgets ever (I had a later model that I would often impress nerdy
girls with on field trips for the 10 to 15 minutes that the batteries
would last).
DS
on TV Experiments [Mac]
Bayesian Noise Reduction Library 2.0.2
Bayesian Noise Reduction Library 2.0.2
01/02/2005 04:17 AMAn implementation of the Bayesian Noise Reduction algorithm.
Bayesian Noise Reduction Library 1.0.0
Bayesian Noise Reduction Library 1.0.0
07/22/2004 12:49 PMAn implementation of the Bayesian Noise Reduction algorithm.
Korean cameraphones will need to make
some noise
Korean cameraphones will need to make
some noise
11/11/2003 04:33 PMIn a classic case of overreaction, the South Korean government is
going to require cameraphones to emit a loud shutter-type noise
whenever a photograph is taken. The idea being to make it more
difficulty to surreptitously snap pictures while in public. Read [Via
TechDirt]...
Bayesian Noise Reduction Library 2.0.0
Bayesian Noise Reduction Library 2.0.0
12/28/2004 11:39 PMAn implementation of the Bayesian Noise Reduction algorithm.
* Makes TARDIS noise, dematerializes*
* Makes TARDIS noise, dematerializes*
03/30/2005 11:46 PM
Christopher Eccleston, the new Doctor Who, has tendered his
resignation. Geez, his first episode wasn't
that bad.
Helicopter versus airplane noise
Helicopter versus airplane noise
12/17/2004 06:36 PMHelicopters that are descending with a fair amount of power produce
an annoying sound called "blade slap". Beginners are cautioned
to avoid this condition because it leads to people on the ground
complaining to the FAA about "those damned helicopters." (One
can avoid blade slap by lower the collective to descend more
positively rather than drifting slightly down.) A big
turbine-powered helicopter flew over Harvard Square the other day,
slapping away. I was with a friend, call her "K", who hasn't
spent much time in the work force. I asked her whether she found
the sound annoying.
"Helicopter noise doesn't bother me," K responded. "I assume
that it is a traffic helicopter or some sort of medical
emergency. What I really hate is airplane noise."
Why?
"Whenever I hear a big commercial jet overhead I think about
companies sending their employees out for ridiculous meetings with
each other where they will show vacuous PowerPoint presentations and
have meaningless conversations."
"Signal/Noise: 2k5: Creative
Revolution?"
"Signal/Noise: 2k5: Creative
Revolution?"
03/28/2005 03:18 PMPhotos: Making noise at P2P hearings
Photos: Making noise at P2P hearings
03/29/2005 08:51 PMSupporters of both the music industry and file swappers demonstrated
their causes before the Supreme Court hearings.
WordPress: Noise Response Loopback
WordPress: Noise Response Loopback
04/02/2005 10:51 PM
Matt finally responded with a
post titled A
Response to the Noise. Noise? I think this
incident is a
great example of how easily we can be blinded by the people we
surround ourselves
with.
Frankly, I now regret having wasted words.

Berkman Signal to Noise conference
Berkman Signal to Noise conference
04/05/2005 12:23 PMThis one looks different — Fan fiction, dance, machinima,
deviant art, remixing, mashups, On Friday. Open to all ($20 admission
fee) but you need to register ahead of time because the space is not
infinite. [Technorati tags: berkman s2n]...
Bayesian Noise Reduction Library 1.2
Bayesian Noise Reduction Library 1.2
07/26/2004 10:38 AMAn implementation of the Bayesian Noise Reduction algorithm.
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